Orbit Industries announced a new sales partnership with Electra Sales, headquartered in Nashville, TN. Electra Sales will represent Orbit Industries’ complete line of electrical products throughout Central and Eastern Tennessee. Established in 1977, Electra Sales associates will focus on educating […]
The web, and more importantly digitalization, is changing the way business is being done. Aside from eCommerce, digital initiatives are becoming embedded into business processes and communication methods. And it is going to go “deeper” with endeavors broadening into machine […]
Over the past six months Halco Lighting has made significant investment in people. In October, Chis Chickanosky joined the company as CEO. Chris previously had been VP Strategic Marketing at Rexel. Last month Don Runyon joined as VP Sales and […]
Being global can have its ups and down. As a company you become susceptible to currency issues as well as differing economic challenges. It appears that Rexel is benefiting in areas of the globe but suffering here in North America […]
Grainger usually provides a good barometer of the industrial and commercial MRO markets and the “healthy” of large companies, so let’s take a quick look at their Q4 and outlook for 2020. Grainger earnings call and slides Grainger introduced a […]
In a world of distribution consolidation, it is becoming less and less frequent for a distributor to achieve the ripe old age of 100. And especially to know the day! Werner Electric, located in Cottage Grove, MN, just outside Minneapolis, […]
Given that Anixter has been in the consciousness of many in the industry lately due to WESCO’s successful acquisition bid, thought it may be informative to take a deeper dive into Anixter’s recent Q4 / end of year report. Some […]
The old phrase “when x sneezes, others get a cold” may be the major US impact from the Coronavirus. While it’s unfortunate that 37,000+ are ill and over 800 have died (as of 2/9/20), here in the US there is […]
February is the time for Q4 earnings and outlooks, so, with that let’s look first at WESCO. WESCO From their earnings call: Regarding Anixter, which WESCO cannot share much about, the highlighted a key reason for the acquisition when it […]
Halco Lighting Technologies (HALCO), offering a strong portfolio of lighting solutions including energy efficient lamps, ballasts and lighting fixtures, is pleased to announce that Don Runyon has become the Vice President Sales & Marketing, effective January 2020. As the new […]
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